Improvement in wool-spinning machinery



C. MARTIN. Wool-Spinning Machinery.

Patented Oct. 5, i875.

No.l68.512.

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CLESTIN MARTIN, OF VERVIERS, BELGIUM.

lMPROVEMENT IN WOOL-SPINNING MACHINERY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,5] 2, dated October 5, 1875; application led June 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern t Be it known that I7 CLEsTIN MARTIN, of Verviers, in the Kingdom of Belgium, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wool-Spinning Machinery, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure I represents a vertical central section of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section in the plane of the line x w, Fig. l. Fig. 3 shows the tixed spindle detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to compound spindles for machines for spinning wool and other iibrous materials, and, among other things, to a contrivance for automatically and continuously oiling the parts.

My improvements are fully hereinafter described, and specifically pointed outin the claims, a preliminaryexplanation bein g deemed unnecessary. Y

In thedrawing, the letter A designates the fixed spindle, the lower part of which is conical, and is ground in a seat, C, formed in the bottom of a vessel, F, the lower end of the spindle being provided with a screwthread and a nut, B, fitted to this thread, serving to tighten the spindle. Between the nut and the spindle-seat C is placed a washer, a. I is the loose or hollow spindle, which, as well as the spindle A, tapers toward the upper end, and which, moreover, carries a whirl, H, by O designates a bobbin contained on the Vloose spindle I. y The upper end of the loose spindle is closed, and contains a bearing-pin or pivot, K, which is fastened by means of a screw-thread, as shown, so that it is adjustable. The pivot K is itted in a socket, L, formed in the upper end of the Xed spindle A, and thus, when the spindles A I are adjusted in theirl relative positions, the pin K is received in the socket, and a lateral movement of the loose spindle is prevented. The diameter of the spindles A I is such that aspace, b, is formed between them for part of their length. The object of this space is to allow of the feeding of oil or other lubricating material to the pivot K, which communicates with the space b through a lateral vent, c, the oil being fedor carried upward by a spiral groove, N, formed ini the surface of the iixed spindle, when the oil or other lubricating material is contained in the vessel F, and when the loose spindle is revolved. J designates the rail that carries the vessel F, or two or more of them. This rail carries also a reservoir, D, which communicates with the vessel or vessels F through a passage, E. (See Fig. l.) The vessel or vessels F and the reservoir D are preferably cast in one piece with the rail J.

It is obvious that any chosen number of vessels F may be employed, so as to accommodate ditferentnumbers ofspindles. By the reservoir D these several vessels F may be filled simultaneously, and are automatically replenished with oil through the passage E. Both the reservoir D and the vessels F are provided with covers, so that their contents are protected from dirt or dust or other impurities. G designates the cover of the vessel F. This has the form of a disk, and is placed on a shoulder, d, formed on the inner circumference of the vessel F, and which has a suitable opening for the passage of the compound spindle A I. This disk Gr not only serves to protect the oil from dirt, but also prevents its being thrown out of the vessel F by the great speed of the loose spindle. The cover M of the vessel D is connected thereto by a hinge-joint, e. On the lower part of the loose spindle I is placed a tube, P, of wood or metal, which serves to receive on it a few rounds of thread whenever the bobbin O is full, and is to be changed. The thread will then not have to be broken when the bobbin is to be replaced, and the mode of operation is the same as with the mule-jenny, or self-acting. S designates a lever constituting a brake, by means of which the loose spindle I may be stopped for taking up ends, or for any purpose. This lever has a hooked part, T, by means ot' which it is suspended from the rail J, the lever being so arranged that when pressure is applied to the end R by the hand or foot the end Q moves forward, and, coming in contact with the loose spindle through thewhirl or pulley H,the motion thereof is retarded. To the lever is cast or secured a Weight,Q, which has a tendency to brin g and retain the lever out of action.

From the construction of the brake-lever and the manner of hanging it upon the rail J, it will be observed that the-same can be readily removed from the rail in order to gain aoeess to the spindle, and thatit can be adjusted along the rail from one spindle to the other, thereby enabling the one brake-lever to be employed to stop the Whirls of a series of spindles. f

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, with the rail J and spindle lhaving the Whirl H, of the lever S, provided 

